Isle of Wight Self Catering

The Studio Apartment

West Wight Activities

The West Wight is great for the outdoors. There are many excellent walks along the coast and in the countryside and for the more active there
is good swimming, fishing and snorkeling at Freshwater Bay. There is good surfing,
windsurfing and kite surfing at nearby Compton Bay. Mountain biking and
horse riding over the numerous bridleways on the downs is accessible from
The apartment without going on a metalled road. Paragliding and hang gliding are
popular on the cliffs at Afton Down. Boats can be launched from the slipway
at Freshwater Bay and the yachting centre of Yarmouth is only a 5 minute
drive.

There are also numerous attractions for children with clean, safe beaches
and a wealth of countryside to explore on fine days, and places like the
Dinosaur Museum and adventure parks like Blackgang Chine and Robin Hill
when the weather doesn't cooperate.

If
that all sounds a bit too hectic there are the beaches . . .

The beach at Freshwater Bay is a combination of pebbles and sand and
has wonderful rockpools with crabs and small fish which has kept generations
of small children amused for hours and is very sheltered from the prevailing
wind. Compton Bay is the Island's surf beach and is about 5 minutes by
car. Big surf is rare in the summer months but there is lots of sand at
low tide on this long unspoilt beach. Great for picnics and BBQs. More
sheltered and busier is another sandy beach, Colwell Bay, which is about
10 minutes by car. Here there is a promenade, cafes, beach huts and lots
of families and children.

Golf

Freshwater
Bay Golf Course is a 5 minute walk up to the downs. This 18 hole course
on Afton Down is generally regarded as one of the best golf courses on
the Island and is regularly visited by enthusiasts from the mainland and
abroad. But there are others golf courses at: